1/8 Live From Studio A: Annie Humphrey

Singer/songwriter, artist, member of the Leech Lake Ojibwe, former marine, and mom; Annie Humphrey is all of these things. She joined us in the studio January 8, 2016. She had a CD release show the same night at the American Indian Community Housing Organization in Duluth, with a display of her art work. Annie performed for our Ojibwe Then and Now concert last year; find the audio under "Related Content" below.

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Jim Walsh is a longtime Minneapolis music writer and songwriter who's been organizing the Mad Ripple Hootenanny for nine years. It's a weekly affair in the Twin Cities, with a rotating cast of musicians swapping tunes, but occasionally the Hoot hits the road. Walsh joined us along with his brother Terry (Belfast Cowboys/St. Dominic's Trio) and singers/songwriters Devaney and Collins on January 18, 2015 on the way to a Hootenanny performance at Lutsen the same night.

Listen to our session from January 21, 2015 with this veteran of the local music scene. His long list of projects includes

long-running blues band Azure du Jour and, more recently, Red Cowboy Hat, as well as solo releases. He joined us in the studio to perform some new tunes in advance of Red Cowboy Hat's slot at the Homegrown Winter Fiasco on Friday, January 22 at the Gopher Bar and Grill in West Duluth.

This New York musician put his solo career on hold in 2004 and co-founded indie folk duo Kaiser Cartel. He joined us for a session on December 22, 2015 to talk about his new solo album, Gothenberg, recorded in the Swedish city by the same name. He and his band performed two songs from the album as well as a brand new tune during our session.

KUMD shared an concert on Thanksgiving with Native American musicians Sonny Johnson and Annie Humphrey in an evening of Minnesota music and stories of shared traditions. The KUMD event Ojibwe Then & Now included a full day of events celebrating Ojibwe tradition and bringing it forward, from the youth of Remer schools performing at the traditional walleye feast to this evening concert at Weber Music Hall. This event was supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by Native Lives Matter.

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